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Comment by renewiltord

Oh, this is really unlucky. I like Hacktoberfest and always get my T-shirt. Perhaps opt-in would be a great idea.

I can see why this happens, though. I've noticed that a whole bunch of projects have `good-first-issue` being something like "Re-architect module loading system" while most commits are like "correct typo". Like, jeez, man.

The participants are probably just pattern-matching against the commits available.

EDIT: Decided to go look at the spam that OSM got (a project close to my heart) and what the hell, man, look at this diff

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      * Tom Hughes [@tomhughes](https://github.com/tomhughes/)
      * Andy Allan [@gravitystorm](https://github.com/gravitystorm/)
    +
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    + Made with Love
This is just awful! I really feel for the maintainers. This user is just adding nonsense to a bunch of places.'

EDIT again: Whoops, guys, I didn't mean to cause more spam to the project. Removed the diff link. Jesus Christ, I ended up becoming the villain I was complaining about by linking it.

parent renewiltord 6 years ago

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